This issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, guest edited by Drs. Nicole D. Pecora and Matthew Pettengill, will cover Current Issues in Clinical Microbiology. This issue is one of four selected each year by our Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Milenko Jovan Tanasijevic. Topics discussed in this issue will include: Update in Diagnostics of Bloodstream Infections, Panels and Syndromic Testing in Clinical Microbiology, Lab Consolidation and Centralization, Update in Susceptibility Testing: Phenotypic and Genotypic Methods, Genomics in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Automation in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Coronavirus Detection in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory: Are We Ready for Identifying and Diagnosing a Novel Strain?, Update on Biosafety and Emerging Infections for the Clinical Microbiology Lab, Update in Clinical Mycology, Point of Care Testing in Microbiology, Pediatric Diagnostic Microbiology, Antimicrobial Stewardship: What the Clinical Laboratory Needs to Know, Fellowship Training for the Future Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Director, Update in Diagnostics/Susceptibility of Mycobacterial Diseases, Role of the Clinical Microbiology Lab in One Health, Update in Infectious Disease Diagnosis in Surgical Pathology, and more.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. xii 7. Preface - p. xiii 8. Modern Blood Culture: Management Decisions and Method Options - p. 379 9. Panels and Syndromic Testing in Clinical Microbiology - p. 393 10. Practical Aspects and Considerations When Planning a New Clinical Microbiology Laboratory - p. 421 11. Update on Susceptibility Testing: Genotypic and Phenotypic Methods - p. 433 12. Clinical Pathogen Genomics - p. 447 13. Coronavirus Detection in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory: Are We Ready for Identifying and Diagnosing a Novel Virus? - p. 459 14. Update on Biosafety and Emerging Infections for the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory - p. 473 15. Point-of-Care Testing in Microbiology - p. 483 16. Update in Pediatric Diagnostic Microbiology - p. 495 17. Antimicrobial Stewardship: What the Clinical Laboratory Needs to Know - p. 509 18. Fellowship Training for the Future Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Director - p. 521 19. Novel Assays/Applications for Patients Suspected of Mycobacterial Diseases - p. 535 20. Food Safety Genomics and Connections to One Health and the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory - p. 553 21. Update in Infectious Disease Diagnosis in Anatomic Pathology - p. 565 22. Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic - p. 587 23. Measuring the Serologic Response to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2: Methods and Meaning - p. 603
This issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, guest edited by Drs. Nicole D. Pecora and Matthew Pettengill, will cover Current Issues in Clinical Microbiology. This issue is one of four selected each year by our Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Milenko Jovan Tanasijevic. Topics discussed in this issue will include: Update in Diagnostics of Bloodstream Infections, Panels and Syndromic Testing in Clinical Microbiology, Lab Consolidation and Centralization, Update in Susceptibility Testing: Phenotypic and Genotypic Methods, Genomics in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Automation in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Coronavirus Detection in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory: Are We Ready for Identifying and Diagnosing a Novel Strain?, Update on Biosafety and Emerging Infections for the Clinical Microbiology Lab, Update in Clinical Mycology, Point of Care Testing in Microbiology, Pediatric Diagnostic Microbiology, Antimicrobial Stewardship: What the Clinical Laboratory Needs to Know, Fellowship Training for the Future Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Director, Update in Diagnostics/Susceptibility of Mycobacterial Diseases, Role of the Clinical Microbiology Lab in One Health, Update in Infectious Disease Diagnosis in Surgical Pathology, and more.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. xii 7. Preface - p. xiii 8. Modern Blood Culture: Management Decisions and Method Options - p. 379 9. Panels and Syndromic Testing in Clinical Microbiology - p. 393 10. Practical Aspects and Considerations When Planning a New Clinical Microbiology Laboratory - p. 421 11. Update on Susceptibility Testing: Genotypic and Phenotypic Methods - p. 433 12. Clinical Pathogen Genomics - p. 447 13. Coronavirus Detection in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory: Are We Ready for Identifying and Diagnosing a Novel Virus? - p. 459 14. Update on Biosafety and Emerging Infections for the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory - p. 473 15. Point-of-Care Testing in Microbiology - p. 483 16. Update in Pediatric Diagnostic Microbiology - p. 495 17. Antimicrobial Stewardship: What the Clinical Laboratory Needs to Know - p. 509 18. Fellowship Training for the Future Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Director - p. 521 19. Novel Assays/Applications for Patients Suspected of Mycobacterial Diseases - p. 535 20. Food Safety Genomics and Connections to One Health and the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory - p. 553 21. Update in Infectious Disease Diagnosis in Anatomic Pathology - p. 565 22. Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic - p. 587 23. Measuring the Serologic Response to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2: Methods and Meaning - p. 603
